Mark,
Your missing the point here. The surf is an integral part of the race. Boat breakage is another integral part of this race. The amount of time you lose is a far more precision measurement than a point per place. You might have a boat problem that doesn't cost you a place ,yet puts you farther from the ones ahead of you and closer to the ones behind you.Boats hit the beach within seconds of each other.You'll see teams sailing there guts out until they are over the line to get that extra few seconds, whereas if you were way behind the boat ahead of you and way in front of the next boat behind you, all you have to do is play it safe and cover. That is what it would turn into after the first leg cover ,cover,cover.
Todd
p.s. Mark, How do you always seem to pick the illogical side of a discussion,that you have no experience with or a dog in the fight? You'd think occasionally you'd luck on to the rational side of a debate.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
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Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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